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Like the divine wind blown from the Fox God’s nostrils, Babymetal blustered into Los Angeles on their world tour in support of their second album “Metal Resistance”. I was very fortunate to catch Babymetal on their last visit to the City of Angels in 2014, and the Fox God smiled …

2016 is poised to be locked as one of the best years in idol music for me. Among various reasons, a large part of this has to do with the two heavyweight champions in my roster: Momoiro Clover Z and BABYMETAL, two progressive groups that are rapidly discovering ways to …

‘THE ONE‘ feels like a song that I’ve been waiting for all this time, but I couldn’t have told you this until it dropped over the past weekend. Yes, ’Karate’ is a fine track — but personally, ‘THE ONE’ has completely stolen my attention. It’s not the off-the-rails madness that …

Let’s talk BABYMETAL: a novelty spinoff idol unit turned internationally acclaimed Metal stars. A fixed three person unit (SU-METAL, YUI-METAL, MOA-METAL) accompanied by a backing band, BABYMETAL’s spent the last few years turning heads and kicking ass, injecting new life into the metal genre with the contrasting mix of playful …

There’s still something undeniably exciting about the formation of yet another sister group under Akimoto Yasushi’s generous roof, even if the shiny new shrink-wrap may only be engaging for a short while. I’ve clearly missed the news by months, but it seems that the long-skirted cousins of the AKB48 family, …

After a month of continuous listening, I feel like I can finally put my thoughts on Momoiro Clover Z’s newest records. It’s been three painful years since their last album. The moment these albums landed in my hands, I grabbed my best headphones, turned off the lights, lined up the …

“５つ数えれば君の夢・” (Count Five To Dream Of You) is a movie that came about through the Japanese crowd funding service Campfire, and stars all of the members of Tokyo Girls’ Style (Konishi Ayano, Yamabe Miyu, Arai Hitomi, Nakae Yuri and Shyoji Mei). The campaign ended up being very successfully funded, gaining …

(NSK trainee Quiana gives her impressions on the latest song and PV from NMB48; “Ibiza Girl”.) NMB48’s new single-turned-album track, “Ibiza Girl” had its PV release in late June. As 2014’s summer song, “Ibiza Girl” had a lot to live up to if it was going to be like “Bokura …